BY JOE KUHN Last week academics and local residents from New York to New Jersey gathered at Ramapo College for this year’s Ramapo River Watershed Conference. The annual symposium celebrates and investigates the health and status of the historic Ramapo River, which provides Rockland County with over a third of its drinking water. Among this […]
HILLBURN–County and state officials met in Hillburn this week to announce that Rockland has been awarded $100,000 from the state to develop a plan to protect the Ramapo Valley watershed. The funds will be used by the Rockland County Water Task Force to assess the Ramapo watershed and make a plan to protect the Ramapo […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Oily residue in nearby Ringwood, NJ, an area negatively impacted by the Ford plant. Photo Credit: Environmental News Service Hillburn – After decades of problems in the Torne Valley due to contamination from the dumping of paint sludge, the Ford Motor Company finally begun hazardous waste cleanup near the Ramapo River on […]